The University of Guam will be conducting research as part of a pilot project based out of and funded by the University of Otago in New Zealand to look at whether genetics plays a role in gout for Pacific Islanders.
More...Research compiled by University of Guam faculty and published in the Journal of Coastal Research found climate signal in a bizarre place. Assistant Professor Mark Lander shares with Radio New Zealand why the research findings are significant. Listen to the interview here.
More...Research compiled by University of Guam faculty and published in the Journal of Coastal Research found climate signal in a bizarre place.
More...Multiple bleaching events driven by above-average sea temperatures killed off more than one-third of all coral reefs on the island of Guam.
More..."Preliminary research by scientists at the Water and Environmental Research Institute found two sites with relatively high concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in the central region of Guam. WERI had been researching potential contamination sources affecting water wells A-23 and A-25 in Sinajana." Read more in this July 15 article in the Guam Daily Post.
More...David Burdick, a research associate at the University of Guam Marine Lab, spoke about coral reef conservation and resilience strategies at the Pacific Islands Environmental Conference on June 25. Read more in this article by the Guam Daily Post.
More..."Researchers from NASA and the University of Guam have remotely mapped a large stretch of coral off the coast of the western Pacific island. ... Previously, the survey, which could help conservation efforts, would have taken divers a month." Read more in this article on Nature.com.
More...Sixteen high school students from the National Science Foundation INCLUDES Pilot: Growing STEM program completed their four-week research internship with a science fair on June 28 at the University of Guam.
More...The University of Guam, as a partner of the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center consortium, will be assisting NASA research scientists from May 8 to May 16 with a project to map Guam's priority coral reefs using a state-of-the-art sensing technology.
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